Okay - It's like this: In my typical notation, each chord is a beat (this is in 3/4 so each grouping is a measure) and each slash is a beat - the same as the chord proceeding it. There's walk ups etc. not included but they are fairly obvious...

G// C// /// F// /// C// D// G//G// C// /// F// /// C// G// C//

E// Am// G// C// F// C// D// G//E// Am// G// C// F// C// G// C//

benzandstra71 wrote:

This is my adaptation of "The Hymn" so I could play it with my guitar & teach it to the congregations I serve, after hearing it in Reno. If you want to hear Arlo & the Burns Sisters sing it, go to prairiehome.publicradio.org, click Archive, Find an Old Show: select April 2009 & click Go, click April 25, 2009, & click Segment 5. If anyone can offer improvements, please do! "The Hymn" is a great song & deserves better than what I can do. Its the kind of song that can be sung (& should be sung!) by people of many religions. Blessings, Ben

1. (So) [C] When I leave this old world, my work is all [F] done,Do not be [C] saddened, for [D] this we have [G] come:To work in the [C] orchard, to harvest the [F] fruit,To feed those who [C] hunger [D] and [G] nourish the [C] truth.

3. [C] Can you dry every tear and bind every [F] woundAnd take every [C] hand that [D] death has con-[G]-sumed?And tear down these [C] walls that burden each [F] heart,For gone is the [C] distance [D] that [G] keeps us a-[C]-part.

4. [Em] Join every [Am] hand, [G] sing a new [C] song,The [F] old world is [C] dying [D] and the new day is [G] born.For [Em] gone is the [Am] night, [G] so let us re-[C]-joice,And [F] witness the [C] light [D] and [G] lift every [C] voice.

I just saw Arlo in Reno & he sang what he called a "Hymn." It included the lines: "...compassion, forgiveness, & love." Does anyone have a recording/lyrics/chords for Arlo's Hymn? I'm only a chord guy but I am an ordained minister & have done this with "My Peace" & "In Times Like These" & taught these songs to the 2 small, rural churches I serve. I would like to do the same with Arlo's "Hymn" & will post my results when I figure it out. Thanks for your help.

This is my adaptation of "The Hymn" so I could play it with my guitar & teach it to the congregations I serve, after hearing it in Reno. If you want to hear Arlo & the Burns Sisters sing it, go to prairiehome.publicradio.org, click Archive, Find an Old Show: select April 2009 & click Go, click April 25, 2009, & click Segment 5. If anyone can offer improvements, please do! "The Hymn" is a great song & deserves better than what I can do. Its the kind of song that can be sung (& should be sung!) by people of many religions. Blessings, Ben

1. (So) [C] When I leave this old world, my work is all [F] done,Do not be [C] saddened, for [D] this we have [G] come:To work in the [C] orchard, to harvest the [F] fruit,To feed those who [C] hunger [D] and [G] nourish the [C] truth.

3. [C] Can you dry every tear and bind every [F] woundAnd take every [C] hand that [D] death has con-[G]-sumed?And tear down these [C] walls that burden each [F] heart,For gone is the [C] distance [D] that [G] keeps us a-[C]-part.

4. [Em] Join every [Am] hand, [G] sing a new [C] song,The [F] old world is [C] dying [D] and the new day is [G] born.For [Em] gone is the [Am] night, [G] so let us re-[C]-joice,And [F] witness the [C] light [D] and [G] lift every [C] voice.

Okay - It's like this: In my typical notation, each chord is a beat (this is in 3/4 so each grouping is a measure) and each slash is a beat - the same as the chord proceeding it. There's walk ups etc. not included but they are fairly obvious...

I hope this helps:1. (So) [C] When I leave this old world, my work is all [F] done,Do not be [C] saddened, for [D] this we have [G] come:To work in the [C] orchard, to harvest the [F] fruit,To feed those who [C] hunger [D] and [G] nourish the [C] truth.

3. [C] Can you dry every tear and bind every [F] woundAnd take every [C] hand that [D] death has con-[G]-sumed?And tear down these [C] walls that burden each [F] heart,For gone is the [C] distance [D] that [G] keeps us a-[C]-part.

4. [E] Join every [Am] hand, [G] sing a new [C] song,The [F] old world is [C] dying [D] and the new day is [G] born.For [E] gone is the [Am] night, [G] so let us re-[C]-joice,And [F] witness the [C] light [D] and [G] lift every [C] voice.

Thanks for posting that. That could easily be converted to piano. I will have to try that when I get home from the beach.

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